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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Grimes County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Grimes County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #824 of 2,210 scored counties
#53 of 158 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,252
- +16.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Grimes County. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.6, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Grimes County comes to about $18.4M a year: $1,789 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per business, 30% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Grimes County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,139 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grimes County grew 16.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Grimes County is 57 (upper middle), #824 of 2,210 scored counties and #53 of 158 scored counties in Texas.
How Grimes County compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Grimes County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,139 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,789 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $69,803 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $337K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Grimes County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Grimes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,252+16.3% since 2020
- Households
- 10,255
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 788 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $69,803+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,294
- Median home value
- $237,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,288
- Daytime population
- 21,753Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 68 | 10.4 | $2M | +15.8% | #21 of 2,210 |
| 2Waller County, TX | 87 | 22 | 12.0 | $1.7M | +21.9% | #55 of 2,210 |
| 3Medina County, TX | 85 | 19 | 10.7 | $1.8M | +11.4% | #75 of 2,210 |
| 4Wilson County, TX | 83 | 28 | 15.4 | $1.4M | +12.2% | #102 of 2,210 |
| 5Denton County, TX | 80 | 542 | 15.0 | $1.6M | +16.9% | #143 of 2,210 |
| 6San Jacinto County, TX | 79 | 5 | 4.6 | $3.7M | +7.1% | #149 of 2,210 |
| 7Chambers County, TX | 79 | 27 | 15.7 | $1.4M | +22.6% | #161 of 2,210 |
| 8Bastrop County, TX | 77 | 55 | 14.9 | $1.3M | +21.3% | #195 of 2,210 |
| 9Wise County, TX | 77 | 42 | 16.7 | $1.2M | +21.5% | #197 of 2,210 |
| 10Bosque County, TX | 76 | 5 | 6.7 | $2.7M | +3.6% | #202 of 2,210 |
| 53Grimes County, TX | 57 | 16 | 15.6 | $1.1M | +16.3% | #824 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Grimes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry57
- Clothing and shoe stores52
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Grimes County, TX?
Grimes County has 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Grimes County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $18.4M a year, or $1,789 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,255 households in Grimes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grimes County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Grimes County has 15.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Grimes County would have about 21, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,139 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Grimes County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Grimes County at 34,252 people in 2025, up 16.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,255 households. Median household income in Grimes County is $69,803, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Grimes County scores 57 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #824 of 2,210 scored counties.
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